英語寫作：學習外語越早越好嗎

比較常見的教育類中的有關外語學習題材的題目一般包括：學習外語的時間、是否應該學習外語、學習外語的目的是什麼?缺乏外語天賦是否還要知難而上等。本文的題目是學習外語應該在小學學還是在中學學合適?

Topic：Some experts believe that it Is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

思路指導：一般對於問優點是否大於缺點的作文，適合寫單邊，列舉兩個你認爲觀點的優點，然後在段落裏寫出這個優點另外一個觀點無法達到，就突出了優點大於缺點的意思。所以，簡單的“四段式，三句定全文”寫法在這裏特別適合。

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(注：文中紅色字體爲三句定全文的三句，藍色字體爲相對應的小觀點)

There is a controversial issue regarding appropriate time of foreign language teaching for children. Some educational institutions have developed foreign language curriculum aimed elementary school students. Personally, advantages of earlier second-language learning embody on two aspects.

First, children’s capacity to accept emerging things is stronger than teenagers. As known, young children’s self-consciousness have not been formed completely,hence new language learning may not be very difficult for them. In addition, for those teenagers who are capable of using native language proficiently, they usually consider foreign language as a subject instead of a tool, which implies that they become tired of learning foreign languages more easily.

Second, primary timetable is comparably flexible. This greater flexibility can provide more welcomed teaching methods to improve learning efficiency. For example, teachers make lectures fun and easy to understand through songs, conversations and games, these seldom occur in secondary schools’ classrooms. In general, secondary school pay more attention to disciplines and exams, which might not be beneficial to inspire students to learn foreign language.

In conclusion, young children can take advantage of earlier foreign language teaching due to better receptivity and flexible instructional methods, this is also supported by the trends that more experts state the importance of learning a foreign language in primary school.